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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2021Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 223 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2028 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

476 
WWUS85 KPUB 242239
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
439 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021
 
COZ093-242330-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
439 PM MDT Thu Jun 24 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM
MDT...

At 438 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Timpas, or 18 miles southwest of La Junta, moving east at 20 mph.

Half inch hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
La Junta, North La Junta and Swink. 

LAT...LON 3783 10392 3791 10393 3806 10354 3790 10347
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 254DEG 19KT 3786 10385 

$$

Cohen

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller14 min
Jun 24, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache26 min
Jun 24, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas34 min
Jun 24, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache31 min
Jun 24, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB35 min
Jun 24, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso22 min
Jun 24, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert39 min
Jun 24, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 24, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Jun 24, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso59 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUB44 min
Jun 24, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers56 min
Jun 24, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero49 min
Jun 24, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 24, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa57 min
Jun 24, 4:31 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBProwers32 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso55 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca52 min
Jun 24, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso52 min
Jun 24, 5:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.